HC reserves orders on ex BRS MLA's plea to quash charges

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday reserved its orders on a petition filed by former BRS MLA Patnam Narender Reddy, who was arrested for the attack on the Collector and other officials in Vikarabad district last week, seeking that the case against him be quashed.

The petitioner’s advocate Gandra Mohan Rao said that the police did not follow even basic rules and procedure while arresting. When asked by the court as to how many calls were made by the accused to another accused Suresh, his advocate said that 84 calls were made over a period of 71 days and that alone cannot be a reason for arrest. He said that the accused was arrested without giving him any notice or informing his family members or following the guidelines stipulated by the Supreme Court. He informed the High Court that the accused was not present at the time the attack happened on 11th November and that the police had arrested him on the basis of just one phone call he made to another Suresh on that day.